Hoping and waiting for creativity to make an appearance is a fools’ errand. Sometimes, you have to get off your ass and conjure that minx up. Fortunately, the magic spell for conjuring creativity can be summed up in two words: just start. Continue Reading
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Category Archives: creative
Missing Missives
I really miss missives. People used to take time to make thoughtful letters. Funny, sad, instructive. When it took some effort in the doing, people spent time getting it right. You’d think with all the trouble folks seem to have crafting a good email marketing campaign, the effort would make them take care to make something decent. But I’m not talking about email marketing. I’m talking about missives. I’m rusty, I’ll get better, and I’m trying… Continue Reading
The Myth of “Sure-Fire” Solutions
You have to be willing to take the plunge, and you have to be willing to do it without a net. That’s what it means to be an artisan: to give your love to your work, to commit yourself with no guarantee of your love being reciprocated, to take the leap of faith. Continue Reading
The Powder Keg of Awesome Episode 74: Wine Wednesday with Christine Trice
Welcome to our new monthly feature, Wine Wednesday with Christine Trice (you know, the one from OMG Wines)! Christine has joined us a few times in the past, and we decided it would be fun to get together on the first Wednesday of every month to talk about wine and work and whatever else crosses our minds. Continue Reading
Don’t Get Frustrated, Get Better
If there was a way for me to get in shape without having to do the work, you’d better believe I’d be the first in line to buy it, no matter the cost. As it turns out, though, the only way I can get healthy is by putting in the work. The often painful, often frustrating work. I can’t wish for it, hope for it, pray for it, or visualize it; I have to work for it.
So do you. Continue Reading
Convergence Is Kinda Cool
This one’s for newbies and those of us leveling up into new heights… There once was a time when creative and technical and executive were not supposed to co-mingle in a business. Art in business? Artisan business? Hell, co-mingle? They weren’t even supposed to inhabit the same place. That far away time was… today. No,… Continue Reading